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Sacred sites in Bengaluru: Where heritage helps conserve biodiversity

Sahana Ghosh 28 Aug 2019
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Bid for greater protection of star tortoise at the ongoing CITES conference

Dennis Mombauer 23 Aug 2019

Enormous alien fish spotted in Kerala’s rivers after the 2018 floods

Aathira Perinchery 16 Aug 2019

Spotlighting the rising stars: Neglected crops in saline areas in a changing climate

Sahana Ghosh 9 Aug 2019

[Interview] “Addressing climate change and biodiversity loss is in India’s best economic and developmental interests”

Sahana Ghosh 26 Jul 2019
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Citizen scientists to scout for wildflowers across four countries

Sahana Ghosh 17 Jul 2019

Lack of alternative livelihood linked to Nagaland tribe’s affinity to shifting cultivation

Sahana Ghosh 1 Jul 2019

Chennai water crisis once again exposes the city’s climate vulnerability

Dharani Thangavelu, S. Gopikrishna Warrier 28 Jun 2019

An SOS call for the ‘Tiger of Kaveri’

Arathi Menon 26 Jun 2019

When and from where did black pepper come to India?

T. V. Padma 20 Jun 2019

Indian research network on horseshoe crab takes wing as the living fossil battles threats

Sahana Ghosh 12 Jun 2019
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Insects are disappearing in India, and we don’t even have data

Geetha Iyer 11 Jun 2019

The invisible victims of drought-hit Kutch

Azera Parveen Rahman 3 Jun 2019

As fall armyworm invades northeast India, scientists scratch the surface of a tree-killing beetle

Sahana Ghosh 27 May 2019

[Commentary] Biodiversity heritage sites could turn out to be a lifeline for India’s conservation efforts

Kunal Sharma 22 May 2019

[Book Review] Exploring alternate governance models for sacred natural sites

Shrishtee Bajpai 20 May 2019
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Gollum surfaces in India: Scientists document the first underground snakehead fish

Sahana Ghosh 15 May 2019

Creatures from Mumbai’s shore and their housing stories

Sejal Mehta 13 May 2019

Marine plastic pollution has increased tenfold since 1980, says biodiversity report

Mayank Aggarwal 9 May 2019

The barking deer enigma

Bhanu Sridharan 3 May 2019